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Last weekend the Wochenspiegel Team Manthey Porsche 911 GT3 R was just half an hour from home, only to run out of fuel on the main straight. A podium had been ripped from drivers Richard Lietz, Marc Lieb, Lucas Luhr and Romain Dumas at the final hurdle. Hankook-Team Heico was the benefactor of third, somewhat ironic considering the team had also lost a podium at the eleventh hour last year. A dose of good luck meant Christian Frankenhout, Andreas Simonsen, Pierre Kaffer and David Lance Arnold in the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG consequently recorded Mercedes’ best ever result in the Nurburgring 24hrs.
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But on the 40th annual running, it was the all-German line-up of Marc Basseng, Christopher Haase, Frank Stipler and Markus Winkelhock for Audi Sport Team Phoenix who took victory ahead of Christian Mamerow, Christian Abt, Michael Ammermuller and Armin Hahne in the Mamerow Racing Audi R8 LMS. Audi had never won the Nurburgring 24hrs in its 40 year history, and in 2012 they sealed victory with a 1-2 finish.
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The pressure of racing at the Nurburgring is enormous, but sometimes it pays off in style.
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